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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to submit a bill to reduce the food consumption tax from 8% to 1% to the extraordinary National Assembly next month, and this appointment is interpreted as an attempt to lay the foundation within the party for re-election in next year's party presidential election.
Kyodo News “Plan to carry out personnel changes on the 16th to 18th”… Key personnel, including Aso, expected to remain in office
(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Doyeon Lee = Kyodo News reported on the 7th that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is considering starting a cabinet reshuffle and personnel appointments to the Liberal Democratic Party as early as the 16th.
According to multiple officials, the Japanese Prime Minister's Office delivered to the Liberal Democratic Party a schedule for Prime Minister Takaichi to be delegated full authority over party executive personnel at the Liberal Democratic Party executive meeting on the 15th.
It is reported that Prime Minister Takaichi, after securing full authority on the 15th, plans to reappoint party executives, reorganize the cabinet, and appoint vice ministers and political affairs officers from the 16th to the 18th.
In addition, Kyodo News reported that this personnel reshuffle and cabinet reshuffle is expected to be carried out after the Cabinet (State Council of Ministers) decides on the "tax system revision outline," which is the framework for the food consumption tax reduction bill being promoted by the Takaichi government.
The Takaichi government plans to submit a bill to reduce the food consumption tax from 8% to 1% from April next year to the extraordinary National Assembly to be convened early next month.
Prime Minister Takaichi is scheduled to visit New York, USA, later this month to attend the United Nations General Assembly, and is expected to carry out personnel and cabinet reshuffles before visiting the United States.
In this reshuffle of the Liberal Democratic Party, Prime Minister Takaichi is expected to reappoint the party's key figures, Vice President Taro Aso and Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki.
As for the cabinet, it is reported that Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama, and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi are likely to remain in office.
This focuses on stability rather than change, and is interpreted as an intention to solidify the party's foundation with the goal of re-election in next year's party presidential election.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Prime Minister Takaichi will carry out party personnel personnel and cabinet reshuffle from the 16th to the 18th.
Likely · Within days
Vice President Taro Aso and Secretary General Shunichi Suzuki will remain in office.
Likely · Within days
Prime Minister Takaichi will run for re-election in next year's party presidential election.
Possible · Within months

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